Mumon, The Gateless Gate — 42. The Girl Comes Out from Meditation (1934)
“ The Bodhisattva went in front of the girl and snapped his fingers, and in that instant the girl came out from her deep meditation.Mumon’s comment: Old Shakyamuni set a very poor stage. I want to ask you monks: If Manjusri, who is supposed to have been the teacher of seven Buddhas, could not bring this girl out of meditation, how then could a Bodhisattva who was a mere beginner? If you understand this intimately, you yourself can enter the great meditation while you are living in the world of delusion. One could not awaken her, the other could. Neither are good actors. ”
